At the time, the penalties were part of plans subject to a consultation that has now been completed.

“We want our essential services and infrastructure to be primed and ready to tackle cyber-attacks and be resilient against major disruption to services,” said the current Minister for Digital, Margot James.

Guidance for companies working in the relevant sectors has been published by the National Cyber Security Centre.

“With so many nations, including the UK, now relying on digitalisation, hackers may look to cause mass disruption by targeting critical national infrastructure,” said Jens Monrad, at cyber-security company FireEye.

“This could be systems, which the UK government and citizens rely on, like healthcare systems, water supply and electricity.”

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